Sun Li Lian Obwegeser
Sun Li Lian Obwegeser expresses a deep connection to materials that show traces of time and use and often draws inspiration from her Malaysian roots. Nature is a constant source of inspiration, as she goes on excursions to collect materials and photograph details of the landscape. She explores the relationship between human-made and natural environments and how they are interconnected and blend. Her process incorporates various media, often converging in site-specific installations. In her most recent work, she attempts to integrate craft techniques from diverse regions into her artistic practice and experiments with drawing techniques. This process evolves continuously through her experiences of travel and cultural discovery.
In her recent practice, she has focused on Ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arranging, which fascinates her for its ability to create small, meaningful environments with minimal materials. She is particularly interested in how societies integrate nature into urban landscapes. Through site-specific Flower arrangements, she intends to explore futuristic and dystopian landscapes that reimagine the role of nature in a technologically advanced and ecologically challenged future world.
Biography
Sun Li Lian Obwegeser was born in 1981, she grew up in a multicultural environment surrounded by mountains in Tyrol, Austria. She moved to Linz in Upper Austria, where she lives and works, to study experimental art and design at the Art University Linz and spent one semester at the Hogeschool Sint Lucas Antwerpen in Belgium. In 2015 she graduated with a degree in Fine Arts. She did a lot of collaborative work and was part of an art collective in Linz, where she organized and set up exhibitions, performances and art festivals.
Throughout her career, Sun Li Lian Obwegeser has received studio grants from Linz AG (2015), and Atelierhaus Salzamt (2017). She also did an artist residency in Paliano, Italy (2017), and is a resident artist of the association Künstlerinnenvereinigung MAERZ.
Recent exhibitions
| 2024 | Farben-Zahlen, group exhibition, Vasarely Múzeum, Budapest (HU) |
| 2022 | An die Wand muss es nicht, group exhibition, Galerie MAERZ, Linz (AT) Exploring Sonic Enclosures, group intervention in public space, Neues Rathaus Terrasse, Linz (AT) Schiess-Galerie, collaboration with Melanie Ludwig, Urfahraner Marktgelände, Linz (AT) |
| 2021 | Fried Nights, solo exhibition, KiG!, Graz (AT) |
| 2020 | Take (Mee) Out, solo exhibition, White Space, Leonding (AT) |
| 2019 | Das Karussell, group exhibition, Kunstraum Super, Vienna (AT) |
| 2018 | Minus20degree Winter Biennale, group interventions in public space, Salzburg (AT) |
Origin
Innsbruck, Austria